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réf. 252163Edinburgh: A. & C. Black. unbound. very good. Bartholomew J. Map. Color lithograph. Image measures 16.5" x 22". Repair to center fold left margin. Otherwise in very good condition. This detailed and lucid map of Canada is the east sheet of a larger grouping of maps by A.C. Black. It describes the area around the Gulf of St. Lawrence including Newfoundland Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island New Brunswick and the Anticosti Islands. Published circa 1854 the map was made only a few years after Nova Scotia became the first colony in British North America and in the British Empire to achieve self-governance. Notable features include the demarcation of sand banks in the Atlantic Ocean. Red lines indicate railways railways under construction and canals as per a key above the title pointing to the growing industry in this region. The map is in very good condition with some wear to the center seam. Otherwise very clean. Adam Black 1784-1874 was a Scottish publisher and politician who with his brother Charles founded the A & C Black publishing company. Together they published a wide range of materials including atlases medical books and the 7th 8th and 9th editions of the Encyclopedia Britannica. This map is a fine example of their work. A. & C. Black unknown books
1966réf. 242854Columbia: University of Missouri Press 1966. paperback. very good-/very good-. Illus. 506pp. 8vo blue cloth d.w. chipped rubbed and lightly soiled corners of cloth bumped. Columbia: University of Missouri Press 1966. University of Missouri Press unknown books
2006réf. 241759New York: Hudson Hills 2006. First. hardcover. fine/fine. Essays by Avis Berman and Richard J. Boyle. 84 color plates. Slim ob long 4to burgundy cloth d.w. New York: Hudson Hills 2006. First Edition. Fine. Signed by the artist on the title page. Hudson Hills unknown books
1846réf. 240098London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. hardcover. very good. Introduction in English. Text in Latin. xx 252pp. 8vo brown boards worn near corners. London: Sumptibus Societatis 1846. Some foxing particularly towards the beginning of the book still a very good copy. List of English Historical Society Members bound in. Rev. John Browne's Member's copy. Sumptibus Societatis unknown books
1986réf. 239449Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1986. paperback. very good. Illus. 506pp. 8vo pr. wrs. spine faded from sun exposure. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia 1986. Very good University Press of Virginia unknown books
1977réf. 209352New York: The Viking Press 1977. hardcover. very good/very good. 418pp. tall 8vo cloth-backed boards dust wrapper; d.w. chipped & rubbed. New York 1977. The Viking Press unknown books
1987réf. 204466Athens: University of Georgia Press 1987. paperback. very good-. King Jr. Illus. 504pp. 8vo pr. wrs. annotations in margins crease to upper right corner of last few pages. Athens: University of Georgia Press 1987. University of Georgia Press unknown books
réf. 167182hardcover. many illus. 4to cloth d.w.; d.w. lightly soiled on back portion otherwise very good. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1989. unknown books
1916réf. 65624Stuttgart: Unstalt 1916. hardcover. very good. 22 plates some in color; 600 text illustrations. 524pp. Small folio pictorial cloth. Stuttgart: Unstalt 1916. Very good . Unstalt unknown books
réf. 110227hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. 265pp. 8vo cloth d.w. New York 1968. Ownership signature otherwise very good in very good dust wrapper. unknown books
1893réf. 1517061893. hardcover. Illustrated title page. Many beautiful full-page color lithographs mostly depicting various mechanical components of the piano-forte. Printed primarily in yellow red brown & metalic silver and gold. Oblong 4to original blue-grey cloth stamped in gilt with decorative endpapers cloth is well-rubbed and edgeworn; interior is flawless. N.Y.: Wessell Nickel & Gross 1893. Very scarce and interesting book with gorgeous printing by Lindner Eddy & Clauss lithographers. unknown books
réf. 177427hardcover. 8vo cloth d.w. New York: Oxford UP 1983. vg unknown books
1992réf. 176078New York: Scribner 1992. hardcover. very good/very good. xiii 528pp. 8vo cloth-backed boards d.w. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons 1992. A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper. Scribner unknown books
réf. 119826hardcover. illus. Thick 8vo black clothstamped in citron; head of spine slightly worn. London: T. Laurie n.d. unknown books
réf. 81058hardcover. 335pp 8vo cloth-backed boards. New York: Summit Books 1981. Very good in price clipped dust jacket. unknown books
1808réf. 12894London: Published by R. Reeve 7 Vere Street 1808. Colour printed aquatint. Printed on wove paper watermarked Edmeads & Pine 1802. In good condition with the exception of being trimmed to border of image on right and left margin. Trimmed just outside platemark on top and bottom margin. Facsimile work on lower right corner. Skillfully repaired tear in upper left corner. Skillfully mended tears. A charming image of a young woman holding a book by the celebrated painter Adam Buck. Adam Buck 1759-1833 made a name for himself as an accomplished miniature painter. After arriving in London he soon gained popularity as a skillful portraitist and became a regular exhibitor at the London exhibitions. During his career he exhibited more than 170 paintings at the Royal Academy and was a regular contributor to the Society of British Artists and the British Institution. His work was eagerly reproduced by contemporary engravers; and these delicate prints enjoyed a wide circulation throughout England and Europe. Colour printed stipples of his charming paintings were eagerly collected by contemporary print enthusiasts and they survive today as a wonderful example of fine English printmaking. Not in O'Donoghue. Published by R. Reeve, 7 Vere Street unknown books
1966réf. 25319NY: Schocken 1966. First Edition. 8vo pp. 176. Index. Laurence K204. Fine in chipped and mended dj. Another copy fine in fine dj. Divided into chapters by subject matter the author gives background for Shaw's main ideas and for some of his more outrageous pronouncements. Schocken unknown books
2001réf. 45221NY: Farrar Straus and Giroux 2001. First American edn. 8vo pp. xxii 351. Notes bibliography index. Volume very slightly warped o/w a nice copy in slightly chipped and soiled dj. Farrar, Straus and Giroux unknown books
1972réf. 45435NY: Basic Books 1972. First Edition. 8vo pp. ix 311. Notes index. Translated by Herbert Tint. A VG tight copy in slightly chipped and soiled dj. A concise one volume history of French literature. Basic Books unknown books
1897réf. 42333Philadelphia: Century Musical Association 1897. 4to pp. 211-400 plus several portraits and bios of singers. Dark turquoise cloth stamped in black and gilt. Cover little worn at edges and spine but a VG tight copy. Century Musical Association unknown books
1850réf. 34684Troy NY: Steam Press 1850. 8vo pp. 18. Wraps removed o/w VG. Steam Press unknown books
1981réf. 34153NY: Knopf 1981. First American edn. 8vo pp. 176. A nice copy inlittle scuffed and chipped dj. Author's first book originally published in England as Lantern Lecture. Knopf unknown books
1968réf. 10771NY: Knopf 1968. First US Edn. 8vo pp. 271 index. Name on title-page VG copy in dj. OP. A biography of the socialist founder of the Fabian Society. Knopf unknown books
1946réf. 22806London: Collins 1946. First Edition. 8vo pp. 48. Series: Britain in pictures Illustrated with 8 plates in colour and 25 in B&W. VG in litttle yellowed and worn dj. A brief history and description of Scotland. Collins unknown books
1999réf. 35892NY: Whitney Museum of American Art 1999. First printing. 4to pp. 223. With an essay by Kennedy Fraser and contributions by 36 other scholars and writers with 229 illustrations 103 in full color. A nice copy in somewhat scuffed and chipped dj. Whitney Museum of American Art unknown books
